DIY- The Stockings Were Hung Sign

DIY- The Stockings Were Hung Sign

by | Dec 11, 2013 | Cricut, DIY, Winter Holidays

Not everyone has a fireplace to hang their stockings with care each Christmas, or if you’re like us and have extra stocking sets you want to hang them as a decoration, which made me think I need to make something fun so I made a The Stockings Were Hung sign. I...

How do you fill your Stockings?!!

by | Dec 10, 2013 | Family

One of my favorite things about Christmas morning is seeing what Santa filled our stockings with the night before.  As a kid it wasn’t about the gifts under the tree it was more about what was in the stockings! We would get all types of useful items, candy,...

Shhh…It’s a Secret Shop

by | Dec 9, 2013 | Family

Last Saturday the Prospect Church in Maplewood, NJ hosted a shopping event for kids. They called it Shhhh…It’s a secret Shop All children ages pre-school to grade 5 are invited to shop in secret for gifts for their family and friends. Teen-aged and adult...

Santa Lodge

by | Dec 2, 2013 | Family, Travel

Our annual visit with Santa Colin (Father Christmas) happened over the weekend while we were visiting family in Delaware. Santa Colin is a family friend who we’ve been visiting since Eleanor was born.  Our 1st visit was in his living room and Eleanor was...

Sponsored: #SprintMom

by | Nov 26, 2013 | reviews

I recently had the opportunity to attend a #SprintMom event in the city and I felt my eyes were open to so many different things in the short time I was there. Did you know? Or I mean we use our phones all the time, and we’re showing our kids how much we rely on...

Holiday Confession

by | Nov 19, 2013 | Family

I have a confession to make… I LOVE the HOLIDAYS! I know to some of you this isn’t anything new but to others this is my time of year. Right after Halloween I start to get excited and the planning begins, oh who am I kidding I start planning in...

#Festive Holiday with Mom Trends

by | Nov 14, 2013 | reviews

Earlier this week I had the opportunity to attend the Mom Trends Festive Holiday event in NYC. This was my 1st Mom Trends event and I have to admit I was a little nervous, but from the second I walked in the door I was greeted with warm friendly smiles and some...

Volunteering

by | Nov 11, 2013 | Family

There are certain things we really want our kids to know about us and to teach them in life.  One of the things we really want them to understand is giving to others. What is giving?  It could be making a monetary donation to a cause or organization,...

The Fall

by | Nov 7, 2013 | Family

There’s something special about this time of year.  There’s a crispness in the air, you can throw on a comfy sweater and jeans and head to the pumpkin patch or apple orchard or just look outside and see the beautiful leaves change colors. It’s...

SAHD

by | Nov 5, 2013 | Family

I realized that I’ve not told you guys what’s been going on with Mike recently.  After he was let go back in August we went back and forth about our plan for life.  After much debate he decided that he would go back to school to finish his...